Books like God's samurai by Gordon William Prange

Herbert P. Bix’s Pulitzer‑winning biography traces Emperor Hirohito’s reign from his birth into a divine dynasty to his pivotal role in Japan’s military expansion, wartime decisions, and postwar transformation.

Dr. Bryan Fugate argues that Soviet war‑planning, led by Zhukov and Timoshenko, and a defense-in-depth along the Dnepr were decisive in halting Army Group Center, overturning the view that Hitler’s interference alone caused the failure of Operation Barbarossa.

"In the first two years of the Pacific War of World War II, air forces from Japan, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand engaged in a ruthless struggle for superiority in the skies over the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Despite operating under primitive conditions in a largely unknown and malignant physical environment, both sides employed the most sophisticated technology available at the time in a strategically crucial war of aerial attrition."--BOOK JACKET. "Utilizing primary sources and scores of interviews with surviving veterans of all ranks and duties, Eric M. Bergerud recreates the fabric of the air war as it was fought in the South Pacific. He explores the technology and tactics, the three-dimensional battlefield, and the leadership, living conditions, medical challenges, and morale of the combatants. The reader will be rewarded with a thorough understanding of how air power functioned in World War II from the level of command to the point of fire in air-to-air combat."--BOOK JACKET.

**(from back cover)** This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the "Unsinkable Captain." A hero to his countrymen, Captain Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled (he wrote the manual on torpedo warfare), hard driving, and aggressive. Moreover, he maintained a code of honor worthy of his samurai grandfather, and, as readers of this book have come to appreciate, he was as free with praise for American courage and resourcefulness as he was critical of himself and his senior commanders. **Capt. Tameichi Hara** was a destroyer squadron commander for most of the war on board **Shigure**. **Fred Saito** translated and expanded the original manuscript, after spending more than eight hundred hours interviewing Hara. **Roger Pineau** added the footnotes and checked the accuracy of the battle accounts. All are deceased.

How a Luftwaffe interrogator achieved extraordinary success in extracting information from American Air Force pilot POWs.

A comprehensive account of the North African theater from May to November 1942, highlighting the pivotal Battle of El Alamein and Malta’s resistance, interwoven with firsthand stories from soldiers, aircrew, and a Maltese nurse.